Update: What is Code for America doing in Oakland? « Oakland Local

Last winter, an exciting thing happened in Oakland: three Code for America fellows started working at City Hall. Oakland was one of the cities Code for America selected. At the time, Mayor Jean Quan said, “The City of Oakland is honored to have been selected to participate in the 2013 Code for America program. We are excited for change and committed to leveraging the power of apps, software and the web to make Oakland a more efficient, transparent and participatory city.”

Here we are, 6 months into the program, for which Oakland reportedly had to raise more than $180,000 in funding, and Oakland Local caught up with the fellows — Cris Cristina, Sheila Dugan, and Richa Agarwal — to find out what they’ve been up to.